Thread Number: 88561
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
The most versatile of old washers |
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Post# 1131135 , Reply# 1   10/14/2021 at 17:36 (923 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There“s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Virtually all three dial (Programmer/Timer, Temperature, Cycle) older European washing machines were very versatile. Depending upon offerings, and if one knew what one was doing choice of cycles was endless. Long as one was willing to remain around to stop and change settings when required, array of options was rather vast.
Some machines had temp lockouts for certain cycles (such as wool and or silk) to prevent someone from say boil washing a sweater, but otherwise. Half-load buttons were common in washers from 1980's into 1990's from what one can see, but when exactly introduced cannot say. For Miele washers the "1/2 Load" button when activated merely caused machine to skip pre-wash portion of cycle, then subsequent rinses were carried out with only half amount of water per cycle. Interestingly if one wanted to starch in washing machine one also pressed "1/2 Load" button which caused washer to only use about five gallons of water for final rinse (half normal amount). When Miele rolled out their Novatronic washers sometime in 1990's (or bit before) 1/2 load option was gone, as it was no longer needed. Machines now were totally computer controlled and varied water used based upon size of load, something that is still done today. Miele and others did introduce "Water Plus" or something like it which was opposite of "1/2 Load" Machine used more water (at least in rinses) which one assumes was to compensate for now puny water levels otherwise used. |
Post# 1131301 , Reply# 2   10/17/2021 at 13:05 (920 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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My vote goes to the Asea Cylinda models from the 1970's and 1980's. They had a timer that could be set for severa programme lenghts, a separate temperature control and separate buttons for water level and wash rythm. So it was posibble to have an intense rhythm a high water level or any other of the four combinations.
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